victim in the case on how he feels about this decision. >> what happened on that they should not have happened. there were a lot of things that incorrectly. i am just pleased with the verdict and i would like to move on from here. >> we also heard what the caseal prosecutor in the was not disappointed first or second degree murder. daniel harmon-wright now in custody. the sentencing space will take place tomorrow. he could face up to 20 years in prison. more on this coming up atory 6:00. >> thank you, jeff. more breaking news coming from the trial of anne arundel county executive john leopold. with is a split verdict

on some counts, guilty on others. >> that verdict came down just last hour here at the circuit court in annapolis. as you mentioned, the judge was damning of the county executive. called it deplorable, predatory, and cruel. given a quick read out of the , there were two counts guilty, one ofng .isconduct in office guilty ofnd misconduct in office on count misused county employees for personal reasons. he was found not guilty of receiving county funds for benefit as well as fraudulent appropriations. this was the end of a weeklong .rial

the 69-year-old had been an times here in anne arundel county. there were five counts of misconduct in office. the counts was dropped last week. he was accused of using who were in charge of guard him while went to the parking lot of a bowling alley to meet one of his girlfriends or what the -- he was accused of using the same officers to his catheter bags to three times a day over the course of nine months. he was called deplorable and predatory and cruel. the sentencing has been delayed, at least for now. for now, that is the story come alive in annapolis.

-- that is the story, live in annapolis. of gonzalez and performance enhancing drugs. he is not the only baseball star caught in the middle. >> lots of big names, an explosive investigation done by miami newspaper. includingcustomers, gonzalez. several major league baseball are linked to a miami anti-aging clinic suspected of dispensing performance enhancing drugs on the side. there were no books believed to to the clinic owner, bosch.

-- notebooks. the clinic records show 2009 and otherof products. gonzales is mentioned five times .n the notebooks it is unclear if any of these substances are in fact banned. gonzales put out an emphatic denial. with today were skeptical and not surprised. >> everybody is is that in

sports. -- everybody uses it in sports. has $114 million left to go on his contract. major league baseball says it is and inly disappointed the middle of an active investigation. >> this is a big controversy. it is enough to change a career. they never fact that officially failed a drug store .t -- a drug test after a week of frigid weather, what a welcome sight sun was today. we found plenty of people taking advantage of the unseasonably warm and sunny day.

will be a lotings different. doug hill has the first forecast. what today is today. >> a week ago today we were in mid-20's here in washington at 5:00 in the afternoon. look like at one of our weather cam's just north of washington. some high level overcast, but it sunshine lot of today and a dramatic warming trend through the afternoon as well. it dropped about 10 degrees at national. 72 in culpeper, but if you move the northeast, you see where quiterm front has not arrived yet. state college at 39. in a milday temperatures through the evening daynight and one more tomorrow. 64-57 is a range of temperatures region thishe

evening. very mild and the overnight, and tomorrow we will fronto deal with a cold intense whether it.mpanying a slight risk of severe weather here with torrential downpours winds.ong coming up in just a couple of minutes. president obama is backing senate banned -- senate plan reform.ration said we must create a path to citizenship for 11 million illegals in the country. they can apply for permanent residency and five years later, citizenship. >> pretty straightforward. the question now is simple. do we have the resolve, as a people, as a country, as the government's, to finally put behind us? i believe that we do.

>> as president obama laid out , people gathered in a examine how would affect them and their families. >> i can tell you that when i oom earlier, there people than what you see now. everyone was fixated on the tv screen. attentionpaying close what the president said. at the end of the speech, most people went home satisfied. attentionpaying close , clappingord he said was the way the crowd showed its satisfaction. antonio chavez was one in the crowd. been here 24 years. we talked with him before the speech. think it is time. >> we are hoping that president obama has a positive message. >> enough is enough.

there are millions of families otherre just like any american family. >> he was hoping the president would spell out a plan. it is fair to say the crowd was pleased. >> chavez hoax immigration moves forward. -- hopes immigration reform moves forward. message wasys the clear. >> this is a country of immigrants. >> at the end of the day, these people realize that the president is a politician, so hoping he follows his promises from this speech.

ago, the short time voted overwhelmingly to kerry at the next secretary of state. of vote was 94-3 in favor confirmation. senate foreign relations approved unanimously his nomination earlier in the day. he succeeds hillary clinton. is the son of a diplomat, a veteran, andtnam the senate for nearly 30 years. >> coming up, the search for a suspect who fired into a crowd people at adc nightclub. nightclub.c. say a fight broke out at closing time. who wasaid a man the fight went to get a gun and then returned and several shots. five people were wounded.

police have identified the are a detectives are searching for a 2004 of black a6 that they believe was taken during the murder. ofthere have been plenty use the surplus. members have said they onld like to spend money homeless services, welfare , and education. the mayor wants to save most of the budget surplus. he is willing to spend some to those who needed. >> we will have an opportunity in 2013 to make significant investments in social programs certainly have wanted to a long time.ke for specify whichnot

programs he wanted to invest in, a public hearing has been set for next week. the speed to boost on the intercounty connector.

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into the 70's today. the possibility of severe here in january. we have lots to share with you here through the evening. a beautiful time lapse for you fewthing more than a contrails. are offpopped up and we races, in the low 70's. we just broke out into a very warm day, upper 60's, low 70's. 71 in fredericksburg, 62 in county. dramatically more than it was yesterday. much warmer it timew that it was this yesterday, 28 degrees warmer in , eight degrees warmer

in quantico. if your downstream from the .ater, you are chilly as we go through the evening hours, we will see partly cloudy skies. will not drop that much. it is spectacularly warm for the end of january. tomorrow, another warm day, and then our luck is going to wear out on us. this is a powerful system that that youut trappings severey see in spring, a weather offering. mass, ispread warm air up all over the place. by late tomorrow afternoon or evening, we will see the windbility of damaging here.

then a rapid drop in temperature behind the front. but colder air is just working across the u.s.-canadian border. for the overnight and early 50's and 60's. very mild temperatures and thunderstorms late the afternoon through the evening hours. there are all kinds of possibilities, but it will blow right through. have cooler weather thursday and much colder by friday. all across the shaded area winds and heavy rains. the highest probability of rain and some wind the 50%rossing betweenity threshold 7:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. tomorrow night. tomorrow night, 52. 63 at midday, cloudy and warm becoming windy throughout the

day. the temperatures will spite one 60's,ime in the upper chance of showers and thunderstorms. colder on friday and we could some light snow friday morning. ton we will settle down nondescript late early february whether. >> we will see you in a minute. abc, matt damon takes period than at 10:00, a special showing of live, hosted by matt damon. he will have some special guests. for abc 7 news at 11:00.

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>> we are now less than five days away from the super bowl. >> while the main focus is still today it wasme, shows thathe side around the players and that areof supporters there to cover them. brad bell joins us now from the new orleans. >> we are long canal street in orleans tonight. see the bomb streets -- palm trees along magazine street in the french quarter. the weather is absolutely beautiful. the trolley cars are coming along here. most of the action moved inside the superdome today. it is kind of like a freshman mixer. select players are put on podiums.

he is posing like a kid in front of his teammates. >> everybody is just having a blast. >> the fans got to share the experience, too, with a $25 ticket. >> i wanted to wish them luck for the weekend. stands tod the theires and looked for favorites. mission accomplished. for the fans, today was super. we could have won year like this. it is always warm here. the sight of that beautiful trolly car against the palm trees downtown?

for $25, that were kept pretty much away from the players. a buffer zone. but there was a lot of excitement. people felt like for $25, got to see the super bowl up close and personal. >> probably the best $25 they spent in new orleans. >> still to come, and the report linking the dinner table staples to illness. [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway: the big hot pastrami melt.

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>> you are watching abc 7 news and 5:00, on your side. >> two men forced their way into a home in northeast washington. >> natasha barrett talks with the woman who came face-to-face with the thieves. wilson is-old delores former nun. she was asleep upstairs. i sat up in bed and set who where did you come from, and how did you get in here? he said, i will shoot you.

>> she said she was worried he others who live bethlehem house, a place for developmental disabilities live. sleepingrs were inside. >> he was in the doorway and he looking in a dresser and picked up a pocketbook. the medicine. for >> the robbers got through this window, the only one left unlocked my accident. two wallets were stolen, , and her secret savings-. ,ortunately, no one was hurt another mans robbery and they just walking down the street.

dark, it wass so get a good description of the suspects. natasha barrett, abc 7 news. >> three people are in custody afternoon, charged with man inng an elderly washington. mack wood, was found last october. arlington police originally it was an accident but now they have charged his son, with murder along jean pierre and sapien edwards. pinl --niversity was filed -- find $60 wake of thehe sandusky scandal.

>> time for a look at today's other top stories. a judge found anne arundel executive john leopold of two counts of misconduct in office, but not guilty of two related counts. was onel harmon-wright shooting patricia cook, who was on earth, last february. the prosecution disputed his was trappedis arm window of a vehicle. >> this is a report in the that claimsper gonzales appears in the records .f a miami-based clinic gonzales denies ever using use any performance enhancing drugs. >> good news for homeowners, the

home could be on rise. also, an unbelievable scene and you just have to see. you are going to look at the market across the country tonight. >> it is good news tonight. the price of your home going way , and we have a smart expert everyone how to take advantage of this rare opportunity, if anyone wants to sell their home. >> everybody has just got to see wave. of this monster >> we think it is the biggest surfed.r >> the scary part for us was just watching it. you can once those stories and

news rightt on world 7 news at 6:00. >> the injured county connector have the speed limit to 70 miles an hour. three maryland delegates introduced a bill that would speed statewide up to 70 miles an hour. bill wantsemergency raise the speed limit from current 55 up to 60 miles an hour. >> when you are going 55 miles hour, you are not saving as could.me as you >> anything is better than 55. ispersonally, i think 55 fast enough. >> those bills are scheduled to be debated next month. >> the morning commute was rough drivers in fairfax county. crews had to shut down all but lane to repair damage.

we are told the damage has now repaired and traffic is back to normal. >> we are seeing delays on 395 heading toward duke street. delays on fairfax county heading toward quantico. a slow go on the inner loop of .he beltway ,ome big delays in college park loop heading over 50 and the outer loop heading toward the interchange. we had reports of bent disabled looks to be clear now -- reports of a disabled vehicle.

additional delays heading into frederick county. >> coming up, the war against illegal immigrants is being waged in our backyard.

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will become the first king -- abdicate to her son. he and his three little become moreave popular. queen beatrix is considered down to earth. her mother and grandmother both their daughters. but don't expect the same king in britain. prince charles is the heir to since he was three. the 64-year-old knows he is not getting any younger. also knows his mother has no plan to step down. she considers her job god's mission. means he intends to wait sometimes busy himself with tasks.portant

the women in prince charles is genes.have a pretty good lived to 101. prince william alexander will the throne at just 45 years old. >> he can continue doing the weather. coming up next, there is a new on food poisoning. >> it could even cause death. >> we will tell you about the business

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hidden in plain sight. operating in highly populated neighborhoods like columbia heights. passports, green cards, and security cards, all resident documents status and work eligibility in the united states. need an identity document a mode of like a plane or train. these types of documents or at the center of underground of mills that could lead to national security threat. some people want to do harm states with aited fraudulent or counterfeit document. than a dozen suspects allegedly running two separate operations would use their cell

phone to receive customers and signatures, and printerscomputers and make the fake id's. >> it is getting more and more elaborate now. inkjet printers have smaller and smaller dots where the comes out. under thisook microscope. thecan see the border on real document has more. magnification, you read commonwealth of virginia. >> this detection equipment special security features. say thisuthorities 9/11d passports from that hijackers show what is important

prevent documents from falling into the wrong hands. >> just to put this in perspective, since 2008, that than 1100 fakee documents worth $4.7 million in it d.c. and baltimore alone. brown, abc 7 news. >> the game of football is improve player safety. at $100 million harvard study at the whole player .cross his whole life >> a new government study about poisoning. the cdc defines leafy green vegetables or the leading source food poisoning illnesses.

however, the latest food related from camp -- chicken and other poultry. >> if you miss snacking on twinkies, the popular trait is to making a comeback. hostess declared bankruptcy last itsmber and is selling off brands. they will have to make final approval before they are back on the shelves. what is coming up at evening. >> gordon peterson is live in look ahead. with a >> we are falling breaking in the verdicts of two high-profile trials. a local county executive, john leopold, has just made a

statement. him and havefrom reports live from both trials. most governments are struggling economic climate. i have enjoyed our visit here, as it has been. >> let's do it again tomorrow. >> we have a surplus of warm weather and sunshine. >> it will be warm and windy tomorrow, but the cold front make itself felt with the for some severe weather. the time lapse just a short time ago in loudon, a beautiful sunset. just some high clouds streaming in. temperatures will stay warm and the overnight hours.

here is what we have with the temperature. frederick, 68 in culpeper. way above the mark of the average height of 44. we will stay clearly in the warm air through the overnight and for the day tomorrow. 48-55 for overnight lows, and the cold front and severe weather, heavy thunderstorms marching east steadily. here it will be warm tomorrow. with the front of arriving, winds and heavy possibility for the areas shaded in yellow. that includes all of our viewing area as well. it will be afternoon when we see the increasing cloudiness and then early evening when we get them on the showers and thunderstorms, some heavy and some with damaging winds.

inn it quickly clears out the overnight. more on what to expect in a few minutes. filled withdome was media today. >> tim brant is there with the latest. >> super bowl media day is more comedy than news. sports illustrated is returning that ray lewis obtain a banned substance. officials say he has never taken substance or ever tested positive for banned substance. to answer any accusation.out the more on this lot at 6:00, and we will hear from ray lewis in sports. bowl, andat the super is someme when i say it kind of fun.

brother john. they took the same seat today, just off the 50-yard line, not where they will be on sunday. >> i know he is setting me up. is just trying to soften me up. day.day was media >> my first question is, why are up there on the podium? know.on't get up there? >> i am happy to be a part of it. it is kind of like a kid living his dream. >> purple hair. making a keepsake for the electronic scrapbook. it.y, they did all, who knows if they get to do it again? >> if we had to deal with this every year, i am ok with that. we have to prepare and we have get ready to win the game on sunday. just be excited for

here. is always fun to be here on media day. coming up it 6:00, we will hear ray lewis about those accusations. >> looks like a good

>> a little boy who inspired with his of athletes fight lost his fight sunday. >> in his brief life, he touched people.s of steven has the story. >> just 5 when he got the diagnosis, james spent the next years battling on and off again against brain cancer. fought a long, hard fight. gave up, not even at the end. >> it appeared at times he had the disease, but it returned repeatedly. players and athletes are of his struggle and his love of football and they responded in a

way. >> we were overwhelmed with 6000 numerous memorabilia and stuff. his family said the from song of support people did touch games, and very grateful. >> what he wanted the most was people. enjoyed people's company. in and sitting down and talking with him. are stillsons support.ed by the they say he appreciated every life, and everyone who him enjoy what life he had. son was here today, he would say thank you for everything. i know he is not in pain anymore. 7 news it all for abc 5:00. at 6:00 start with

breaking news. >> this is abc 7 breaking news. >> good evening. profiledicts into high- call from virginia to maryland. a local county executive found misconduct charges. in anne arundel county where county executive john paul leopold spoke just a few minutes ago. last fewithin the moments -- just within the last take a look this video. the look on his face right there. he was embarrassed by the judge court durin